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Pilo
c_.t.......... nm ....
gram and that 'we're s ill a long
way from space.' OJ
Freeman was reticent in talk­ing
to a reporter at the Dover
base last night. He had no com·
menl on the program. saying
ocly. UFlying's heen my whole
Jife. I 50rt of gNW up at the
airport."
The uairport" is Rehoboth
Airport. where be worked while
attending Lewes High School
U'!.d wbere he obtained bis
pilot's license at the age of 16.
FREE~I~ ·'S sister, Mrs, Bet.
ty Jay McGinnis of Lewes. said.
"Flying has always been the
moat important thing in his
life,K She described him as
""vef'1 studious," saying ·'the oar, things he was ever inter­ested
in were studies and
plan;es."
His nephew. ll·year-old Johr
eGlnnis, bas decided UJ'Z'l
loiDC to be an astronaut. too ,.
Freeman, whose parents ltle
on a farm in the Five Points
area, is a 1948 honor graduate
01 Lewes High and studied eD·
. eering for a year at the Uai
ve.rslty of Delaware before his.
appointment to the U.S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
He took two important steps
DO the day be was gradu.~
trom Annapolis-he married
the former Faith Clark of Mil·
ford, Conn, (they now have a
danghter, Faith, who is 8~)
UIlI elec~ to join the AIr
~orc:e. He was graduated in tha
lop 10 of a class of 1.300
Naval Academy in 195~
e DOW is flying with ~
Military AIr TraDsport Semee
clntyre'. father Is a chem,
ical engineer with the electto­<
bemicals department of fbi
Ifu PODt Co. The captain ......
horn in Woodbury, N.J, gradu·
ated from Lewiston. N.Y. High
Sehool and was attendiDg Pur·
clue University when he decided
to jOiD the Air Force.
After graduating as a jet
pilot from Lackland Air Forte
Base. he ""'as servin~ as com.
mander of a 847 jet bombe
when the Air Force chose hiin
to take a degree in ~lec:trica!
engineering from 'Vasrungton
U . U?Dl .....jeh
~~ 'WIlli Ilicbkt
'~. =~~ JUDe.amid to Cba
former atrica ells of e·
dalia. Mo. They have a daugh·
ter. Deborah 4.
• Freernal1.
Freeman's paren I, ~fr and
\1 , John Freeman. hve on a
Ci\e-acre tam near Fiv.
Points. west or Lewes,
\ccording 10 his mother. h.
has been lnterested in ill'ing
all his Hie. ~t 16. when m05t
bo)'s get lheir driver's Ii.
('en e!ii. F "eeman l) oed lor
'h p va r plane 1
He is Oil 1948 te of
1.0,. HI~ hool aD<! "'S

Pilo
c_.t.......... nm ....
gram and that 'we're s ill a long
way from space.' OJ
Freeman was reticent in talk­ing
to a reporter at the Dover
base last night. He had no com·
menl on the program. saying
ocly. UFlying's heen my whole
Jife. I 50rt of gNW up at the
airport."
The uairport" is Rehoboth
Airport. where be worked while
attending Lewes High School
U'!.d wbere he obtained bis
pilot's license at the age of 16.
FREE~I~ ·'S sister, Mrs, Bet.
ty Jay McGinnis of Lewes. said.
"Flying has always been the
moat important thing in his
life,K She described him as
""vef'1 studious," saying ·'the oar, things he was ever inter­ested
in were studies and
plan;es."
His nephew. ll·year-old Johr
eGlnnis, bas decided UJ'Z'l
loiDC to be an astronaut. too ,.
Freeman, whose parents ltle
on a farm in the Five Points
area, is a 1948 honor graduate
01 Lewes High and studied eD·
. eering for a year at the Uai
ve.rslty of Delaware before his.
appointment to the U.S. Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
He took two important steps
DO the day be was gradu.~
trom Annapolis-he married
the former Faith Clark of Mil·
ford, Conn, (they now have a
danghter, Faith, who is 8~)
UIlI elec~ to join the AIr
~orc:e. He was graduated in tha
lop 10 of a class of 1.300
Naval Academy in 195~
e DOW is flying with ~
Military AIr TraDsport Semee
clntyre'. father Is a chem,
ical engineer with the electto­<
bemicals department of fbi
Ifu PODt Co. The captain ......
horn in Woodbury, N.J, gradu·
ated from Lewiston. N.Y. High
Sehool and was attendiDg Pur·
clue University when he decided
to jOiD the Air Force.
After graduating as a jet
pilot from Lackland Air Forte
Base. he ""'as servin~ as com.
mander of a 847 jet bombe
when the Air Force chose hiin
to take a degree in ~lec:trica!
engineering from 'Vasrungton
U . U?Dl .....jeh
~~ 'WIlli Ilicbkt
'~. =~~ JUDe.amid to Cba
former atrica ells of e·
dalia. Mo. They have a daugh·
ter. Deborah 4.
• Freernal1.
Freeman's paren I, ~fr and
\1 , John Freeman. hve on a
Ci\e-acre tam near Fiv.
Points. west or Lewes,
\ccording 10 his mother. h.
has been lnterested in ill'ing
all his Hie. ~t 16. when m05t
bo)'s get lheir driver's Ii.
('en e!ii. F "eeman l) oed lor
'h p va r plane 1
He is Oil 1948 te of
1.0,. HI~ hool aD